Origins of OD:
How the Founding Principles Play Into Your Everyday Work

In this interactive session, we will look back at the origins of Organization Development, the values and theories that supported its emergence, and explore together the ways we find those values supporting our work today. Expect to come away with actions you can take to bring a new lens and vibrancy to your work. This session is great for experienced OD practitioners, employees in related fields, and beginners alike!

Click here for the slide presentation.

Facilitators

Emily Logan
Emily is a recent graduate of Penn State’s Organization Development and Change Master’s program and a passionate advocate for values-based work. She has worked in management, marketing, and nonprofit strategy, and consults with organizations in Portland on the value of employee satisfaction and alignment.

Visit Emily on her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyrlogan/

Ginny Sorensen
After over a decade in nonprofit management, Ginny recently took on a new role as a consultant at Portland-based Propeller. When she’s not helping clients find solutions for challenging problems you may find her working in her yard, hiking, backpacking, or cooking up a feast to enjoy with friends. Ginny has been a member of ODN since summer 2017 and participated in her first CCP project last fall. She was first introduced to OD as a graduate student at PSU in their Educational Leadership & Policy program.

Visit Ginny on her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginnysorensen/

Details

Date:  Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Time:  5 pm:  Gather and Networking;  5:30 - 8:15 pm:  Program
Location:  United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson, Portland, Oregon, 97201 (Fireside Room)
Parking:  Free parking in the church lot.
Food:  Light hors d'oeuvres provided. Water provided.
Cost:  $10 for ODN members and Partner Organizations (ATD, PHRMA); $25 Others
Register:  Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event. Registration will also be available at the door.

Over the summer, the OODN Board conducted a survey to gather information about what members and interested colleagues and friends look for in the OODN meetings. The top responses reinforced our three core values for the OODN :

• Learning
• Networking
• Service

Our meetings since September have provided some of each of these experiences, and with our March meeting, we would like to combine all three of these themes in a creative way.

Three OODN/CCP members have volunteered to design and lead our session using the World Café format to include all three of our meeting goals:

• Learning: We will begin with an introduction to World Café, a methodology based on the premises that for conversations that matter, the wisdom is in the group and all or us together are more wise than each of us by ourselves. Then we apply this large group practice to an important question following up on the 2017 OODN survey.
• Service: In a real-time experience of World Café, we will engage in conversations focused on what we—members, friends and leadership-- can do to make the OODN programming more vibrant, effective and attractive for the remainder of this year and for the coming year.
• Networking: World Café uses successive rounds of conversations to deepen our understanding of what is possible and desirable. This provides a great opportunity to talk with many of those who come to the meeting, and to get to know them better.

Design and Facilitation Team Members

Kerri Nelson
Kerri has had a diverse career, having run an analytical lab at a university, done both research and environmental management at NASA-Johnson Space Center and served as a manager and senior executive in state government. Although her career is diverse, her focus has been on helping individuals and organizations be successful. She is certified in Strategic Organizational Management, Change Management and coaching and has trained numerous groups on management topics, centered around management and helping teams become even more effective.

Jacob Sakai
Jacob is a young professional interested in helping people, organizations, and communities build the capacity they need to pursue their values and vision. He was introduced to structured Organization Development through the Community Consulting Project Program and loves the way OD folds into his work at Pacific University coordinating sustainability projects with Aramark Food Service.

Tenley Proudfoot
Tenley holds a BS in Business Administration from Elmhurst College, IL, as well as dual Masters from Our Lady of the Lake Univerasity, San Antonio, TX (MBA and MS Org Leadership). She has worked in various fields including dot com/retail, fire & safety, accounting, finance, insurance and information technology. She also holds a certification in Change Management through PROSCI®.

Details

Date:  Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Time:  5 pm:  Gather and Networking;  5:30 - 8:15 pm:  Program
Location: Lucky Labrador Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby, Portland, Oregon 97209 (private party room)
Parking:  Free street parking. Paid lot parking at NW 20th and Pettygrove.
Food:  Various platters and wine provided. Beer and other food available for purchase.
Cost:  $10 for ODN members and Partner Organizations (ATD, PHRMA); $25 Others
Register:  Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event. Registration will also be available at the door.

Willing To Be Disturbed: Seeing the World in New Ways

Today’s world challenges us find new ways to see and make meaning of what we see around us, in our interpersonal relationships, our families and our communities, and in our places of work.

In this highly participative session, we will use various maps and other representations of the world to:

• explore one model of how we make meaning
• experiment with identifying underlying assumptions, beliefs, metaphors and stories that shape how we see the world and ourselves in it
• learn how to play with those stories, assumptions, etc., and determine if they continue to serve us

Speaker

Helen Spector has worked as an organizational consultant for over 35 years, providing team building, executive coaching and strategic planning support for clients as diverse as BP/Amoco, University of Chicago MBA program, the Urban Land Institute, and the National Episcopal Church. Helen has developed a multi-faceted practice based on an integration of large group methodologies, self-organizing systems theories and Gestalt group practice. She holds a BA in Sociology from Brown University and an MM Degree in Strategy and Environment, and Organizational Behavior from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Helen has served on volunteer boards including Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center in Chicago, Katalysis North/South Partnership for Microcredit, and the Council for a Parliament of the Worlds Religions. She currently serves as a member at-large of the OODN Board and participates in the CCP program.

Contact Helen at 503-296-7248 or helen94611@gmail.com

Details

Date: Thursday, January 18, 2018
Time:

5:00 pm gather and networking
5:30 pm welcome and OODN announcements
5:45 – 8:00 pm program
8:00 – 8:15 pm, reflections and close

Location:  Daimler Trucks North America, 4555 N. Channel, Corporate Conference Center, Portland, OR 97217
Parking:  Parking available and free in the lot.
Food:  Light snacks and water provided.
Cost:  Chapter Members and Partner Organizations (ATD, PHRMA): $10; Guests: $25
To Register: Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event. Registration at the door if space available. Space is limited to 40.

Holiday Celebration and Night of Gratitude

Please join us to celebrate the holidays and appreciate all we are grateful for this year. Talk with fellow members, partner organizations, new members and those curious to learn about ODN OR, CCP client teams and CCP clients.
The evening will include lots of time to mingle and a short program.

Details

Date:  Monday, December 11, 2017
Time:  6 - 8 pm.
Location:  McMenamins Kennedy School, Jordan Room, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97211
Parking:  Parking is available in the lot and on the street.
Cost:  Free for current ODN chapter Chapter members. $15 for CCP clients, partner organizations, nonmembers and guests.
Refreshments:  Light refreshments will be served. Beer and wine available for purchase.
RSVP:  Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event.  Registration also available at the door.
Questions:  info@odnoregon.org

October 26, 2017

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